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Byron C. Jaeger

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Statistical analysis:

Statistical / Machine learning:

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Byron C. Jaeger

I am an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and work in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

My research focuses on blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and machine learning.

Education

PhD, Biostatistics

Gilling’s School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2017 - 2012

BS, Mathematics

Furman University

Greenville, South Carolina

2012 - 2008

  • Thesis: Modeling three-dimensional pathways for the Tsunami Bar
  • Honors: Recipient of DeLany Medal for Excellence in Mathematics

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Present - 2017

  • Investigating mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and hypertension
  • developing machine learning algorithms to identify who may benefit from initiating antihypertensive medications

Adjunct Professor of Statistics

North Carolina Central University

Durham, North Carolina

2017 - 2016

Undergraduate and graduate instructor in biostatistics and statistical learning

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Gilling’s School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2017 - 2014

  • Intro to Biostatistics and Longitudinal Data Analysis
  • Statistics Tutor, School of Nursing

Graduate Research Assistant

Gilling’s School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2017 - 2012

Teaching Experience

BST 680: Introduction to R

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2017

  • Students develop core competencies in data analysis (import, clean, transform, visualize, and tabulate) using R.
  • Course structure promotes interactive lectures and group exercises.
  • Final exam: a comprehensive research project using R markdown.

Publications

When to Impute? Imputation before and during cross-validation

BC Jaeger, NJ Tierney, NR Simon
ArXiv, 2010.00718

N/A

2020

Citations: 0

Underutilization of Treatment for Black Adults With Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension

AT Langford, OP Akinyelure, G Howard, BC Jaeger, …
Hypertension, 120.14836

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.14836

The Use of Statistical Learning in Pediatric Research

BC Jaeger
Journal of Pediatrics, epub

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.04.005

Using Predicted Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk for Discrimination of Awake or Nocturnal Hypertension.

S Sakhuja, JN Booth III, DE Anstey, BC Jaeger, …
American Journal of Hypertension, epub

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa099

Factors associated with breast cancer screening behaviors in a sample of Jamaican women in 2013

N Balas, H Yun, BC Jaeger, M Aung, PE Jolly
Women & Health, 8-Jan

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2020.1789260

Deep neural network analyses of spirometry for structural phenotyping of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

S Bodduluri, A Nakhmani, JM Reinhardt, BC Jaeger, …
JCI insight, 5(13)

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.132781

Association of Sleep Characteristics With Nocturnal Hypertension and Nondipping Blood Pressure in the CARDIA Study

SJ Thomas, JN Booth, BC Jaeger, D Hubbard, …
Journal of the American Heart Association, 9(7), e015062

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015062

Improving Mortality Predictions for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support Using Follow-Up Data and Machine Learning

BC Jaeger, RS Cantor, V Sthanam, R Rudraraju
Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, 13(4), e002877

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.119.002877

Morning Blood Pressure Surge and Cardiovascular Disease Events and All-Cause Mortality in Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study

JN Booth, BC Jaeger, L Huang, M Abdalla, …
Hypertension, 75(3), 835-843

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14233

Development of Predictive Equations for Nocturnal Hypertension and Nondipping Systolic Blood Pressure

BC Jaeger, JN Booth III, M Butler, LJ Edwards, …
Journal of the American Heart Association, 9 (2), e013696

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 2
  • DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013696

Wearable Technology To Reduce Sedentary Behavior And CVD Risk In Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

LM Roberts, BC Jaeger, LC Baptista, SA Harper, …
Clinical Interventions in Aging, Volume 2019:14 Pages 1817-1828

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S222655

Oblique Random Survival Forests

BC Jaeger, DL Long, DM Long, M Sims, JM Szychowski, …
Annals of Applied Statistics, 3 (2019), 1847-1883

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1214/19-AOAS1261

Prediabetes and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by Hypertension Status in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study

D Hubbard, LD Colantonio, AP Carson, S Sakhuja, BC Jaeger, …
Diabetes Care, c191074

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 10
  • DOI: 10.2337/dc19-1074

Associations of awake and asleep blood pressure and blood pressure dipping with abnormalities of cardiac structure: The CARDIA study

NA Bello, BC Jaeger, JN Booth., M Abdalla, DE Anstey, …
Journal of Hypertension, epub

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 2
  • DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002221

Prevalence of Activity Limitations and Association with Multimorbidity Among US Adults 50 to 64 Years Old

CB Bowling, L Deng, S Sakhuja, MC Morey, BC Jaeger, P Muntner
Journal of general internal medicine, pages 1-7

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 3
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05244-8

Association of Daytime and Nighttime Blood Pressure With Cardiovascular Disease Events Among African American Individuals

Y Yano, RM Tanner, S Sakhuja, BC Jaeger, …
JAMA cardiology, 4 (9), 910-917

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 8
  • DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.2845

Association of Region and Hospital and Patient Characteristics with Use of High-Intensity Statins after Myocardial Infarction among Medicare Beneficiaries

V Bittner, LD Colantonio, Y Dai, M Woodward, BC Jaeger, …
JAMA Cardiology, 4 (9), 865-872

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 6
  • DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.2481

Sex Differences in Masked Hypertension: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study

DN Pugliese, JN Booth III, L Deng, DE Anstey, BC Jaeger, …
Journal of Hypertension, epub

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002175

Blood-Flow Restriction Resistance Exercise for Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis: a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

SA Harper, LM Roberts, AS Layne, BC Jaeger, AK Gardner, …
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (2), 265

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 14
  • DOI: 10.3390/jcm8020265

UAB SOPH featured article

Multimodal Intervention to Improve Functional Status in Hypertensive Older Adults: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

LC Baptista, BC Jaeger, SD Anton, AA Bavry, EM Handberg, …
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (2), 196

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 4
  • DOI: 10.3390/jcm8020196

UAB SOPH featured article

Race and Sex Differences in Asleep Blood Pressure: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

JN Booth, DE Anstey, NA Bello, BC Jaeger, DN Pugliese, …
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 21 (2), 184-192

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 7
  • DOI: 10.1111/jch.13474

An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, MJ Gurka
Journal of Applied Statistics, 46 (1), 164-184

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 2
  • DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2018.1466869

ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award

Out-of-Clinic Sympathetic Activity is Increased in Patients with Masked Uncontrolled Hypertension

M Siddiqui, EK Judd, BC Jaeger, H Bhatt, T Dudenbostel, B Zhang, …
Hypertension, 73 (1), 132-141

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 11
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.11818

CVD and Mortality in Adults Aged 60+ Years According to Recommendations by the ACC/AHA and ACP/AAFP

BC Jaeger, DE Anstey, AP Bress, JN Booth III, M Butler, D Clark III, …
Hypertension, 73 (2), 327-334

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 4
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.12291

Low Agreement Between Modified-Schwartz and CKD-EPI eGFR in Young Adults: a Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Study

M Webster-Clark, BC Jaeger, Y Zhong, G Filler, A Alvarez-Elias, …
BMC Nephrology, 19 (1), 194

N/A

2018

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12882-018-0995-1

Assessing Responsiveness over Time of the PROMIS Pediatric Symptom and Function Measures in Cancer, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Sickle Cell Disease

BB Reeve, LJ Edwards, BC Jaeger, PS Hinds, C Dampier, DS Gipson, …
Quality of Life Research, 27 (1), 249-257

N/A

2018

  • Citations: 21
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11136-017-1697-z

An R-squared Statistic for Fixed Effects in the Generalized Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, K Das, & PK Sen
Journal of Applied Statistics, 44 (6), 1086-1105

N/A

2017

  • Citations: 141
  • DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2016.1193725

Responsiveness of PROMIS Pediatric Measures to Hospitalizations for Sickle Pain and Subsequent Recovery

C Dampier, BC Jaeger, HE Gross, V Barry, L Edwards, Y Lui, …
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 63 (6), 1038-1045

N/A

2016

  • Citations: 38
  • DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25931

Enumerating Graph Depletions

BC Jaeger & TM Lewis
Online Journal of Analytic Combinatorics, 9, 1-17

N/A

2014

Citations: 0

R Packages

table.glue

Make and Apply Customized Rounding Specifications for Tables

N/A

2020

obliqueRSF

Oblique random survival forest (ORSFs)

N/A

2020 - 2018

r2glmm

Compute model and semi-partial R-squared for mixed models

N/A

2020 - 2016

Presentations

Novel 24-Hour Blood Pressure Profile in Patients with Resistant Hypertension

BC Jaeger
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 73 (9 Supp. 1), 1818

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Wearable Technology to Reduce Sedentary Behavior and Cvd Risk in Older Adults: a Pilot Trial

BC Jaeger
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 51 (6), 1004

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Change in Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers after a 24-Week Multimodal Intervention

BC Jaeger
9th International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research, Miami, FL

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Oblique Random Survival Forests

BC Jaeger
ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, Raleigh, NC

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Improving mortality predictions for mechanical-circulatory-support-patients using follow-up data and machine learning

BC Jaeger
Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, 13.4 (2020): e002877

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger
ENAR Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA

N/A

2018

Citations: 0

An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger
Joint Statistical Meeting, Vancouver

N/A

2018

Citations: 0

Grants submitted

Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Risk Reduction with Antihypertensive Medication for Adults with White Coat Hypertension and Masked Hypertension

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • OSP Processing

Implementation and Accuracy Of Blood Pressure Self-Measurement In The Waiting Room

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL151609

Kidney Tubule Dysfunction and Future Risk of Acute Kidney Injury

Primary Investigator: Gutierrez, Orlando M.

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
  • Pending

Incorporation of a Hypertension Working Group into the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL117323

Decoding Human Movements with Cortical and Subcortical Field Potentials with Directional DBS for Parkinson’s Disease

Primary Investigator: Walker, Harrison

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01MH125925

Effectiveness of Video Conferencing on Self-measured Blood Pressure Accuracy

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL157500

NEAT X: Non-Exercise Activity Tracking & Exercise for Later Life Blood Pressure

Primary Investigator: Buford, Thomas

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R61HL156827

Determining True Versus Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Tanner, Rikki M.D.

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Not Funded, R01HL151687

Leveraging the 24-Hour Movement Paradigm to Preserve Cognitive Function and Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) 24H-ACT Study

Primary Investigator: Gabriel, Kelley Pettee

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to Columbia University
  • Pending

Use of Blood Pressure and Predicted Cardiovascular Disease Risk to Guide the Initiation of Antihypertensive Medication

Primary Investigator: Colantonio, Lisandro D

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Pending

Predicting Pediatric Transplant Outcomes using Machine Learning - A Collaboration between Physicians and Data Scientists

Primary Investigator: Rudraraju, Ramaraju

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to American Heart Association
  • Pending

Regenerative Niches in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Discovered by Exosomal Proteomics for Sepsis

Primary Investigator: Jaeger, Byron C.

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
  • Pending

Angiotensin (1-7) Expressing Lactobacillus for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease

Primary Investigator: Buford, Thomas

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, 1R01AG068912-01

Establishing Medicare Based Estimation for Cardiovascular Disease (EMBED)

Primary Investigator: Jaeger, Byron C.

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, 1K01HL153624-01

Decoding Human Movements with Cortical and Subcortical Field Potentials with Directional DBS for Parkinson’s Disease

Primary Investigator: Walker, Harrison

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Withdrawn

Non-Traditional Blood Pressure Parameters from Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to American Heart Association
  • Not Funded

Determining True Versus Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Tanner, Rikki M.D.

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, R56HL151687

Implementation and Accuracy of Blood Pressure Self-measurement in the Waiting Room

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Not Funded, R01HL151609

Development of a Patient Decision Support Tool for Mechanical Circulatory Support

Primary Investigator: Kirklin, James K

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Not Funded, R01HL151843

Continuation of the Coordinating Center for the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study

Primary Investigator: Colantonio, Lisandro D

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to University of Pennsylvania
  • Active, 576894

Home Versus Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Falls in Older Adults

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to Kaiser Foundation
  • Not Funded

Resveratrol and Exercise to Enhance Mitochondrial Function in Older Adults

Primary Investigator: Buford, Thomas

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, F32AG066276

Automated Clinic Blood Pressure Assessment and Detection of White Coat and Masked Hypertension Study in African Americans

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to Columbia University
  • Active, 2(GG015903-01)

NRT-HDR Where Health Meets Data: Training Biostatisticians for the World of Big Health Data

Primary Investigator: Cofield, Stacey S

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to NSF - National Science Foundation
  • Not Funded

Building and InnovatinG: Digital heAlth Technology and Analytics (BIGDATA) - Methodologic Core

Primary Investigator: Redden, David T

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Pending

Building and Innovating: Digital Health Technology and Analytics (BIG DATA)

Primary Investigator: Curtis, Jeffrey R

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • OSP Processing, P30AR072583

Home Blood Pressure and Falls Among Older Adults

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2018

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, R01HL147601

Automated Clinic Blood Pressure Assessment and Detection of White Coal and Masked Hypertension Study

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2018

  • Submitted to Columbia University
  • Resubmitted

Improving the Detection of Masked Hypertension: Analysis of Pooled Population-and Community-Based Studies

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2018

  • Submitted to Duke University
  • Active, A030965

Incorporation of a Hypertension Working Group into the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2016

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, R01HL117323

Noninvasive Biomarkers to Advance Emerging DBS Electrode Technologies in Parkinson’s Disease

Primary Investigator: Walker, Harrison

N/A

2016

  • Submitted to National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, UH3NS100553

Grants submitted

Hypertension editorial board member

Manuscript review and statistical consultant

N/A

Present - 2019

Manuscripts reviewed: 6

Mayo Clinic statistical consultant

Manuscript review and statistical consultant

N/A

Present - 2018

Manuscripts reviewed: 52

Reviewer

Peer-reviewed journal articles

N/A

Present - 2017

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Hypertension Research
  • Journal of human hypertension
  • Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
  • Biometrics